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nānāsakā

fem nom sg of nānāsakā (noun); fem nom pl of nānāsakā (noun); fem acc pl of nānāsakā (noun); fem instr sg of nānāsakā (noun); …

  1. not (by) fasting; lit. not not eating

Etymology. na + na + √as > ās + *akā; from √as 'eat'; Sanskrit na + anāśaka [aś]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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